The teenager bought kits for his dad and himself online but he had no idea how much damage it would cause.
A man has been left devastated after causing a rift in his family from which they may never recover. The teen decided to jump on the "bandwagon" of DNA testing for a bit of a laugh - but he had no idea of the damage it would cause.
"This didn't make sense to me since we also shared a paternal haplogroup and we just look so alike, so he was definitely my father." "All the dots lined up and I felt a sense of loss. I sat in my room for an hour just in shock and then I had a feeling of anger come over me. I needed some answers." After leaving his mum devastated at the exposure of her secret, he called his cousin, who he now realised was his half-sister, to tell her everything.
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